Gigantor (1964): Season 1, Episode 25 - Trap at 20 Fathoms - full transcript

Dr. Brilliant is abducted by a flying saucer and taken to King Soress' secret base. There he's forced to work with another kidnap victim, Professor Pluto, to make new atomic weapons.

(high-pitched undulating tone)

(rockets blasting)

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor the space-aged robot

♪ He's at your command

♪ Gigantor the space-aged robot

♪ His power is in your hand

♪ Bigger than big,
taller than tall

♪ Quicker than quick,
stronger than strong



♪ Ready to fight for
right against wrong

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

- [Man] Trap at 20 fathoms.

- [Narrator] One night
in the year 2000.

(soft dramatic music)

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(soft dramatic music)

(suspenseful music)

(door creaking)

(suspenseful music)

- Huh?

- [Man] Don't make a sound.

- What's this?

A new Halloween act
you're breaking in?

- Very smart, brilliant.

Now get up and follow us.

- [Bob] Where are you taking me?

- [Man] For a ride as
they say in the movies.

(tires squealing)

(gasping)

(soft dramatic music)

- Oh, I can't sleep.

Too much noise.

Mmm, yeah, who can that be?

You say a flying saucer
flew away with him?

And the head of
the power station?

You sure it was a flying
saucer, Harrington?

You say it also looked a
little like a jelly fish?

Oh, now you're not
sure what it was.

Thank, Harrington.

Thanks heaps.

(dramatic music)

- Inspector Blooper,
someone has just captured

Dr. Bob Brilliant.

- I know, Jimmy.

I got the report and I
suspect it's that group

with the submarine.

- [Jimmy] You mean the
followers of evil King Saurus?

- [Inspector] Mmm-hmm.

- Say, Inspector, do you
think that the maritime

people would lend
us a submarine?

- [Inspector] Hmm,
it's worth a try, Jim.

(upbeat jazz music)

(water gurgling)

(soft dramatic music)

- Here are the
captains, Your Majesty.

- Very good.

Now Ahmed, introduce them.

- Yes, sire.

- Professor Pluto, atomic
energy's greatest genius.

- [King] Of course, head of
the atomic power station,

and everyone knows
Dr. Brilliant.

Gentlemen, we ask
you to cooperate.

- Cooperate?

What do you mean?

- We must have some
nuclear warheads.

- What would you do
with nuclear warheads?

- Pluto, for years
I, good King Saurus,

have dreamed of
conquering the universe.

To do that I need a powerful
arsenal of nuclear weapons.

I want you men to
make new weapons using

the atom and
ultra-powerful soundwave.

- No.

Refused.

I'd rather die, King Saurus,

than be part of your
wicked plan to conquer

the entire universe.

- Huh, so the brilliant
doctor has a big mouth, I see.

Well, better think
it over, doctor.

You understand that
life can be comfortable

here if you cooperate.

- We don't want to
stay, Your Majesty.

We want to go home.

- You will be permitted
to return to your homes

when you build us an
arsenal of nuclear weapons.

(chuckles)

- Your Majesty!

King Saurus, a huge missile
is fast approaching us.

- Missile?

(dramatic music)

- Gigantor.

- That's Gigantor, Your Majesty.

He's a robot.

- Yes, I know him.

He's given our men a
great deal of difficulty.

- The powerful robot
was made, sire,

with the cooperation
of Dr. Bob Brilliant.

- Hmm, even so his
robot cannot withstand

an attack by our
robot sucker fish.

Send them at once.

- Sire.

Send out secret
submarine number one

holding the sucker fish at once.

- [Men] Yes, Captain.

(buzzer buzzing)

(soft dramatic music)

- Heh, the robot sucker
fish will drain away

all Gigantor's energy.

Clever, huh?

- How can they
drain away energy?

- You watch, you watch
and learn, Dr. Brilliant.

(upbeat jazz music)

- Hey, there's something fishy.

(jazz music)

- Good, now all fish explode.

- [Man] All fish explode!

- [Man] All fish explode.

(fish booming)

(gasping)

- Gigantor, get up, quick.

(upbeat jazz music)

(high-pitched whirring)

(dramatic jazz music)

(yelling)

- Curses!

The exploding sucker
fish can't make a sucker

out of Gigantor.

Ahmed, order the submarine
to retreat at once

to the seaweed jungle.

- Order the submarine
to seaweed jungle!

- Eh, yes Captain Ahmed.

(upbeat jazz music)

- Watch, Gigantor.

(submarine booming)

(undulating high-pitched tone)

- What's the matter, Gigantor?

It's just seaweed.

You can cut it.

Cut it!

(undulating high-pitched tone)

(evil laughter)

- Our little trick has
worked, Your Majesty.

- Yes, we gave the
impression we were retreating

and Gigantor stupidly
followed our decoy submarine.

You see, Doctor?

Gigantor didn't know that our
seaweed jungle is magnetized.

(evil laughter)

- Ah.

- Ahmed, bring Gigantor in here.

- Sire.

(jazz music)

(grunting)

- But Sparky, what can we do?

- I have to try to rescue him.

- Then we're going with you.

- We can't go any deeper
in this submarine.

She won't take anymore
water pressure.

- Isn't there
anything we can do?

- Hmm, well sir,
I do have a little

hand-operated submarine
that I sometimes

use to explore along
the ocean bottom.

- Hi, let me take that
submarine, will you?

- What?

And go exploring on
the ocean bottom alone?

It's too risky, Jim.

- Inspector, I'll be
safe as Dr. Brilliant

or Professor Pluto,

and I may be able to
activate Gigantor.

- [Inspector] Hmm.

(dramatic music)

- Oh.

- Gigantor, you'll pay
for all the destruction

you've done to my
secret underwater base.

Guards, dismantle him!

(metal squeaking)

(metal tapping)

- No, no, stop that at once.

Why, Your Majesty,
Gigantor is much too good

to be disjointed.

- You be quiet, Dr. Brilliant.

Guards, throw these
two into prison

and cut Gigantor with
a nuclear-powered saw.

- [Guard] Yes, King Saurus.

(saw whirring)

(water gurgling)

- Gee, this place is
wonderfully equipped.

I wonder if I can look around.

(saw whirring)

- Huh?

Who is he?

- Hey, let him it, Gigantor!

(grunting)

- Ah!

- Oof!

- Now, where have you
two hidden Dr. Brilliant?

- In there he is.

Over there.

- [Both] Whoa!

Uh!

- Dr. Brilliant?

Doctor!

Hello, Dr. Brilliant!

- [Dr. Brilliant] Jimmy!

Is that you?
(knocking)

- He's over there.

- [Dr. Brilliant] Jim!

- Break open the door, quick.

(door exploding)

Dr. Brilliant!

- Gigantor, Sparky.

- Thank you, son.

You got here in
the nick of time.

(knocking)

- [Man] Hello!

- Hey, there's
somebody else in there.

- Who, I wonder.

- Gigantor, open the door.

(door exploding)

- We thank you.

- Who are you two men?

- I was known as Dr. Bunny, sir.

- Mmm-hmm, and I as Dr. Rabbit.

- [Bob] Why do you say
those were your names

as though you're
no longer living?

And what were you doing
locked in the cell?

- Well, you see, the two
of us were brought here

many years ago by King Saurus.

- King Saurus had
learned of our reputation

as outstanding
nuclear scientists.

One night under cover
of darkness he had us

spirited away and locked
in this prison cell.

- So you made weapons for him?

- Well, of course each of us
refused to assist the king,

for each of us knew the
awful consequences of war.

(bombs whistling)

(bombs booming)

We refused to make bombs.

(bombs booming)

- We refused to do anything
that might hurt anyone,

and so here we have
been in prison for

the past seven years now.

But we would rather remain here

than make a single weapon
that would endanger

the whole world's peace.

- Dr. Rabbit, I'm proud to
know both you and Dr. Bunny.

(grunting)

- Hey, Ahmed, wake up.

- Ah!

- All of you, quickly,
to your posts!

- Jimmy, I can't
tell you how grateful

we both are to you and Gigantor.

- [Jimmy] We're both glad
we could help, Dr. Bunny.

- Now let's get going.

Bunny and I know this
place pretty well.

If you follow us, we'll
lead you out of here.

(gasping)

(soft dramatic music)

(submarines engines whirring)

(clock ticking)

(chuckles)

- Just 30 seconds more
for the time bomb.

(gasping)

- King Saurus has
destroyed all the atomic

machinery for making
the submarine base rise

to the surface.

What's that?

Ticking!

Hey, they've
attached a time bomb

to the bottom of the base!

- Here that?

They've attached a time bomb
to the bottom of the base.

We have to find it
before it goes off.

(watch ticking)

(dramatic drum music)

(bomb ticking)

- Three seconds.

Two seconds.

One second.

(bomb booming)

- Whoa!

- Well, that blasted
robot must've found

the time bomb and removed it.

- That was your idea.

- Quiet, I am King Saurus.

No robot outsmarts me.

I tell you, Ahmed,
before I'm through,

that robot is going to
be my prisoner again

or I'm not King Saurus.

- [Jimmy] Good work,
Gigantor, and just in time.

- But now how are we
going to escape from here?

All the surfacing equipment
has been destroyed

and all the submarines
have been taken away.

- And they've destroyed
the machines that

change saltwater
into drinking water.

We just have enough
for three days.

- [Bob] Well, we'll just
have to work together

and get all the machinery
fixed as soon as possible.

- Mmm-hmm.

- Oh, and may I remind you,

I kept the submarine
that brought me here.

- That's right, Jim.

Then you start heading
back to the mainland

and you tell everybody
that we're still out here.

- Right, Dr. Brilliant.

Let's go, Gigantor.

(gasping)

- They've broken the
small submarine, Jimmy.

- It's damaged very badly
and we have no tools

to repair it.

I'm afraid we're
lost, gentlemen.

- Mmm.

- Hey, look, a diving suit.

Maybe I can slip it on and
swim out with Gigantor.

- But are you sure
the water pressure

won't be too great
upon you way down here

even with the
diving suit on, Jim?

- I don't know, Dr. Brilliant.

I just hope Gigantor
can protect me.

Boy oh boy, this must fit a man.

(laughing)

Okay, Gigantor.

Time to get going, old buddy.

(high-pitched whirring)

(dramatic drum and horn music)

- [Ahmed] Gigantor.

- So, he's coming again, is he?

Give him the magnetric
one more time.

- Good.

Ready with the nets.

(dramatic drum music)

- Gigantor, ambush!

Watch them!

They're moving like
that for a reason,

so let's be careful.

(gasping)

Magnetic net!

No oxygen.

I can't control.

Uh.

(metal tapping)

- I wonder what could've
happened to Jimmy Sparks.

We should've heard from
the boy long before

this, Dr. Brilliant.

- Yes.

- I think good King
Saurus must have

a rocket base
somewhere near here.

- Hmm, I think the surfacing
mechanism will be all right.

- [Narrator] Not far away,
disguised as an ordinary

pile of rocks jutting
form the ocean lies

the secret rocket
base of King Saurus.

(water lapping)

(evil laughter)

- Yes, no one will
ever think of looking

for you this far
out in the ocean

and especially not on a
pile of rocks like this one.

You see?

Now do you mind if I try a
few exercises for Gigantor?

(soft dramatic music)

(high-pitched whirring)

(evil laughter)

Want to try it?

- Mmm-hmm.

- [King Saurus] Have fun.

(evil laughter)

(dramatic music)

- He's guiding it up!

- [King Saurus] Oh!

- Gigantor, come here.

Make me safe before
those two get away.

(high-pitched whirring)

- [King Saurus] Let's
see Gigantor catch

those exploding rockets.

- Hey, Gigantor, watch out!

(high-pitched whirring)

(rockets booming)

- [Both] Nothing stops Gigantor!

Ah!

(walls exploding)

Whoa!

(water splashing)

(rocks crashing)

(whirring)

- Ah, the mechanism to
make us surface is working.

(men cheering)

(soft dramatic music)

- Hmm, hmm.

- [Dick] Staring at
the sea won't bring

Jimmy back, Inspector.

- [Inspector] Yeah, I know.

- I would bet he's a
prisoner on the bottom

of the sea with Bob Brilliant.

- But how can they
both be prisoners

at the bottom of the sea?

- I think I should find out.

Think nuts?

- Hey, Dick, come back here.

Where do you think you are?

In a pool?

That's the ocean down there.

Jim and Gigantor.

- Inspector Blooper!

- Whoa! Yah!

- The underwater den.

- Oh.

- Hey.

That looks like Dick Strong!

Dick!

- Jimmy, then you're safe.

- Gee, Dick, what were
you doing way below

on King Saurus's den?

- That's what this is?

No wonder I hit my head.

- Bob Brilliant!

- [Bob] Jimmy!

Jimmy, we were all
worried about you.

- So was I.

- We finally got the
atomic machinery to work

and were able to surface, Jim.

- [Jimmy] That's great.

And Gigantor wiped out
their secret rocket base,

so I don't think we'll
have any trouble from them.

- What about me up
here, down there?

- We forget all
about you, Inspector.

- Like the ugly
duckling upon dry land.

- Say, you must have a
pretty good ocean view

there, Inspector.

- Very funny, very funny.

Three new stooges.

Uh.

Now get me out of here!

Ah!

- [Jimmy] Gigantor,
get him out of there.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa,

oh-ho-ho!

- [Dr. Rabbit] Ah, sunshine!

And look, Bunny,
the hills of home.

- [Dr. Bunny]
Beautiful, isn't it?

- Beautiful.

- We are home at
last, Dr. Rabbit.

- Now wait a minute.

You know we mustn't
forget that steel prison.

- [Dr. Bunny] Jimmy,
can you help Gigantor

destroy that
underwater monstrosity?

- Gentlemen, it'll
be a pleasure.

Gigantor, send the
submarine base down to

the bottom for good.

(dramatic music)

(base crumbling)

(base booming)

(triumphant horn music)

(horn blaring)

- [Narrator] And
Gigantor is ready for his

next exciting adventure!

(triumphant horn music)

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor the space-aged robot

♪ He's at your command

♪ Gigantor the space-aged robot

♪ His power is in your hand

♪ Bigger than big,
taller than tall

♪ Quicker than quick,
stronger than strong

♪ Ready to fight for
right against wrong

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor

♪ Gigantor